When Yue Fei began to arrange the attack on Yuguan, Wanyan Zongqian, deputy marshal of the left side of Dajin in the Jinbing camp across the Chongqing River, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. The wooden figure turned around and around, as if trying to find the key to turning the tide from the terrifying situation between the enemy and ourselves displayed on the wooden figure!
Judging from the map, the Dajin Army on the Yuguan line has now been divided into four large corps that are somewhat distant from each other, namely: Wanyan Zonggan's headquarters located to the west of the Yu River, with a total strength of more than 70,000; The Wanyan Xiebao Corps in Hejiahe Fort has a total strength of more than 50,000; the Wanyan Zongbi Group located on the west bank of the Yanghe River has a total strength of about 80,000; the Wanyan Qi Division stationed in Yuguan has a total strength of more than 20,000 .
In addition, there are varying numbers of troops in Laohu Mountain, Shijing Mountain, Yanghe Village and Shanhaikou in the rear.
Among them, the troops in Laohushan and Shijingshan are not large, only two thousand together. Yanghe Village guarded Wanyan Zongbi's retreat and guarded the rear of Wanyan Xiebao. There were about 8,000 troops stationed there. There were also many civilians who had previously followed Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Xiebao in their operations, carrying vehicles and supplies. There.
The Song Army seems to have dispatched two armies, attacking from the direction of Changli County. They are currently confronting Wanyan Zongbi on the west bank of the Yanghe River. The other group attacked from the Tu'er Mountain Camp on Jieshi Mountain North Road and headed straight for Yuguan and Yuhe River.
According to the news from Yuguan, the leader of the Song army who fought from Tu'er Mountain was the famous Yue Feiyue Wudi, and his number was as many as 100,000!
Yue Fei's performance was as fierce as ever. He defeated the blocking force sent by Wanyanqi as soon as possible and surrounded Laohu Mountain and Shijing Mountain. Now it is still deployed on the west, north and south of Yuguan, and another army has inserted into Yuguan. Between it and Yuhe... it's almost like being surrounded on all sides and attacking on three sides.
Once Yuguan falls, the flanks of Wanyan Xiebao and Wanyan Zongbi will be completely exposed... Among them, Wanyan Zongbi's troops are in an even more dangerous situation!
Once Yue Fei sends his army south to surround Yanghe Village after occupying Yuguan, Wanyan Zongbi's retreat will be cut off!
And once the 80,000 troops led by Wanyan Zongbi were annihilated by Zhao Kai and Yue Fei... Wanyan Zongqian was so frightened by this thought that he broke into a cold sweat. Just when he was about to find some cloth to wipe it, there was a rumble outside. The "thunder"!
Wanyan Zongqian rushed out of his tent and looked up at the sky, and was disappointed to find that the sky was cloudless and blue.
There are no clouds, and of course there can be no thunder... If it's not thunder, then it must be cannon fire!
Yue Fei's army must have started bombarding Yuguan!
At this time, Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Zonggu, who were guarding the camp with Wanyan Zongqian, had already arrived hand in hand.
The two Wanyan frowned and seemed to realize the seriousness of the problem.
Wanyan Zongqian was also about to ask people to find them to discuss countermeasures, so he invited them to enter the big tent together.
"Brother, you can't lose it at Yuguan!" Wanyan Zongfu, who had accidentally lost it on Xijing Road before, jumped on his feet and said to Zong Qian as soon as he entered the tent, "Now Wu Shu's 80,000-strong army is confronting Zhao Kai's 100,000-strong army. .....I can't move at all. Even if I want to retreat, I have to wait until dark. It is very troublesome to gather the 80,000-strong army in the dark. Moreover, they have to fight and retreat, and they have to retreat from Yanghe Village. There is a pontoon bridge to cross the river, and we can’t move fast at all!”
In fact, Zhao Kai only had 70,000 troops on hand, and there were 10,000 Xiao Heda's Khitan cavalry, who were not very capable of fighting a tough battle. But on the battlefield, the party in a disadvantageous situation often overestimates the strength of its opponent and frightens itself.
Now Wanyan Zongbi is frightened and dare not move...
Wanyan Zongqian looked at the situation on the wooden map and listened to the bursts of gunfire, and he was also anxious and panicked!
But he still shook his head and said: "There are only 70,000 soldiers in the Yuhe camp, and they are not elite. They don't have many big and small cannons, and they don't have many cannons and hot pots. How can they be Yue Fei's opponent?"
Now a group of Wanyan who risked their lives to gather more than 200,000 troops on the Yuguan-Shanhaikou battlefield, of course they cannot all be elites.
Although the Dajin Nation has a large population and can draw an army of 300,000 people, the number of elite troops among them will not exceed 100,000. And not all of the 100,000 elites are at Yuguan-Shanhaikou frontier. Wanyan Zongpan and Wanyan Zonghan still have at least 30,000 elites in their hands! Before sending Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Xiebao to send troops, Wanyan Zongqian also asked his Zhahe Meng'an (personally in charge of Meng'an) to protect Wanyan Liang and his family members to Guangning Mansion. Wanyan Zongbi, Wanyan Zongfu, and Wanyan Zongjun, the kings of the Wanyan family, of course all had backup plans.
So now there are only 50,000 Jin Kingdom elites on the Yuguan-Shanhaikou battlefield, and they were all led away by Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Xiebao...
"We must let Xiebao come back!" Wanyan Zonggu shouted, "Xiebao's 50,000-strong army is only twenty miles away from Yuguan. It should have been gathered up now and can be launched at any time. If Xiebao is ordered to return to Yuguan to aid immediately, Then before dark, his 50,000 men will be able to commit to the Yuguan battlefield."
Wanyan Zonggan stared at Mu Tu, "If Xie Bao retreats, Zhao Kai's cavalry can cross the river from the Jiahe Fort floating bridge..."
"That's a detour of more than ten miles!" Wanyan Zongfu said, "And the most important thing now is to rescue Yuguan!
If Yuguan is not defended, Yue Fei's 100,000 troops press southward, and Xiebao can still go east across the Yu River. Wushu is afraid... If Wushu's 80,000 troops are not available, this will Is the world still ours? "
There is something in his words!
Except for the Han troops who served as cannon fodder, the rest of the troops under Xie Bao were given by his father Zong Han!
As for the 80,000-strong army under Wanyan Zongbi, it was Wanyan from Aguda's line who gathered together!
If Wanyan Zongbi was destroyed by Zhao Kai and Yue Fei, then Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Xiebao and his son would become the most powerful faction in the Kingdom of Jin!
Wanyan Zongqian was so shocked by his brother's words that chills ran down his spine... It was not easy for Zhao Kai to kill Zongqian, he had to fight him out step by step from the Liaoxi Corridor!
And now the Song Dynasty itself is still troubled by the Three Kingdoms. How could it possibly go on an expedition to Liaodong?
But it would be too easy for Wanyan Xiebao, the crow-mouthed man, to kill Wanyan Zongqian...
"Quick, send an order to Xie Bao!" Wanyan Zongqian shouted loudly, "Order him to rush to the rescue of Yuguan immediately, without delaying for a moment!"
Then he said to his brother Zongfu: "Yu Liduo, I will give you the soldiers and horses of the Yuhe Camp. Take them to rescue Yuguan immediately... No matter what, we must persist until Xiebao arrives! "
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When Wanyan Zongqian mobilized his troops and prepared for a decisive battle with Yue Fei, the artillery generals of the three armies under Yue Fei's command were bombarding Yuguan City with more than a hundred cannons!
These more than 100 cannons are divided into three types: 5-pound long cannon, 10-pound long cannon and 25-pound pot cannon.
There are 72 long guns in total, which are responsible for demolishing the city wall. They are placed three to four hundred steps away from the Yuguan city wall and concentrate their firepower to blast the wall. Although the wall of Yuguan has been reinforced, it is still an old-fashioned vertical rammed earth wall. It cannot withstand the impact of artillery shells at all, and there will be a big hole after being hit!
A total of 32 pot artillery pieces of the Song Army were dispatched. Against the shells fired from Yuguan City, they were deployed less than 200 steps away from the Yuguan City Wall, and then continued to fire scalding fire into Yuguan City. bomb!
This thing is amazing. A 25-pound, red-hot iron ball falls from the sky. It can not only "smash" people to death, but also set fire... Wood, fodder, grain, flags, as long as it is Anyone who can ignite can't help but roll this hot iron ball!
Just roll and you'll be on fire!
Therefore, the city wall of Yuguan has not yet collapsed, but the city of Yuguan has been turned into a mess by arson bombs. Fires are everywhere, and screams and neighings are endless.
Wanyan Qi tried to remain calm at first, and patrolled everywhere in Yuguan City with his soldiers in neat clothes to calm the morale of the troops.
But after just a few rounds, he himself had a nervous breakdown!
The Song Army outside the city can "throw" 32 hot iron balls at one time...and they are the kind of iron balls that don't have eyes and hit people randomly!
If 32 are thrown at once, how many can be thrown in with ten, twenty, or thirty rounds of shooting?
Thousands!
Or hot arson bombs... rolling everywhere, flying everywhere, setting fires everywhere, and killing people randomly!
Moreover, people killed by such iron balls look ugly when they die!
They all died "half-baked", some were cut with blood and flesh by cannonballs, and some were partially smashed into pulp... If the iron ball did not roll away from the "mushy", it would still continue The residual heat is used to "cook" the human meat paste, which makes a "sizzling" sound, and the air is filled with a disgusting smell of burning. What's even more frightening is that some people have such tenacious vitality that they haven't died yet and can even let out heart-rending screams!
Wanyanqi made a few rounds and was really scared, disgusted and angry... The Southern Army was so brutal. Aren't they afraid of retribution for killing people like this?
When the bombardment of pot and artillery went on for about thirty rounds, his generals and soldiers couldn't stand it anymore. When they saw him coming, they gathered towards him regardless of the arson bombs that might fall at any time, and even shouted for battle!
"Let's attack! Fight with the Southerners..."
"Even if you die in battle, it is better than dying like a coward like you are now!"
"That's right! If you try your best, you can always kill a few southerners. If you die like this now, your death will be in vain!"
At this time, Wanyanqi's head was also a little dizzy. He had forgotten the meaning of being nailed to Yuguan City... As long as more than 10,000 of his men were still huddled in the city, the Song Army could not quickly Break the city!
Although those hot iron balls falling from the sky could kill hundreds or thousands of people and burn many houses and supplies, they would never kill tens of thousands of people.
However, there were several veterans around Wanyanqi who had followed Zong Wang in his conquests, and they remained rational and prevented him from attacking.
But at this moment, cheers suddenly came from the east gate of Yuguan City: "The reinforcements have arrived! The deputy marshal has crossed the river!"
Wanyan Qi couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly to his left and right: "The reinforcements have arrived, and it's time for us to attack... Gather ten thousand troops and follow me out!"
